statement of responsibility: by the late John Ellis ... ; systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander ... ; with sixty-two plates engraven by principal artists

Plate 63 lacks explanatory text

Some of the plates are hand-colored

"Papers of John Ellis, Esq. read at the Royal Society, and printed in the Philosophical Transactions"--P. [viii]-x

"Books on natural history, printed for Benjamin White and Son"--P. 207-208

Signatures: [A]² [superscript pi]B⁴ B-2D⁴

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Includes bibliographical references

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SCNHRB copy (39088013490388) has two additional plates tipped-in at end

SCNHRB copy blind-embossed on 2nd leaf: Smithsonian Institution National Museum

SCNHRB copy quarter bound in recent calf and brown paste-paper boards, title in gilt on spine

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